The Butler (coach's) Way moves to Boston

8:50 PM,
Nov. 30, 2013

Head coach Brad Stevens of the Boston Celtics. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

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That signature sideline stroll is still there, that tempered pace with those folded arms, that courtside cool amid the nearby chaos.

His face bears that familiar expression - eyes fixed forward, mind working a few plays ahead - in a foreign environment he is admittedly adapting to on the fly. The weight of his ambitious undertaking hangs above him in TD Garden, 17 championship banners, reminders of how success is measured in these parts.

All Brad Stevens must do to win over his new city is guide the NBA's most storied franchise - the Boston Celtics - through a wholesale rebuilding effort and, ...